The paintings, which are priced at $4,000 each, are abstracted takes on the familiar images of the Rider-Waite tarot deck, created by unsung British illustrator Pamela Colman Smith in 1909.
"She was unrecognized, and yet it's the most distributed deck in the world," Ray said.
Before beginning work on the tarot paintings, Hilma's Ghost held a number of digital programs during lockdown, offering virtual workshops on topics such as shamanism and automatic drawing.
"I just really loved what they were doing and I love Hilma-I feel like her spirit guides me through my work," Potter told Artnet News.
After all 78 paintings were complete, Tegeder and Ray used the imagery to produce an actual deck of cards in a limited edition, enlisting Potter to conduct a ritual to activate the deck.
She did her first reading with the deck for Tegeder and Ray, who in turn combined the imagery from the six cards drawn to create new, large-scale paintings. Each painting comes with a signed tarot deck, which are also selling out quickly at $100 a pop-215 of the edition of 300 had already been snapped up when Artnet News visited the booth.
source: https://news.artnet.com/market/hilmas-ghost-feminist-witch-collective-2007316
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